Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 385 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 55,826 specimens between them.
210 collectors and expeditions6,585 days in the field1,142,433 km between stops26,601 photographed specimens
385 journeys match
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jul – Aug 1972
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, July – August 197266 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 2,738 km
F.R. Warshauer
Oʻahu · 6–28 Feb 1977
F.R. Warshauer in Oʻahu, 6–28 February 197745 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Roger C. Steene
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1979
Roger C. Steene across 4 islands, February – March 197991 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days
Dana G. Griffin III
Venezuela · Jul – Aug 1975
Dana G. Griffin III in Venezuela, July – August 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, August – September 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
Lucius G. Eldredge III
Taiwan · 3–13 Jul 1978
Lucius G. Eldredge III in Taiwan, 3–13 July 1978108 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1971
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, June – July 197171 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 11,374 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui · 1–13 Jun 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui, 1–13 June 197758 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
Helen A. Randall
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
Helen A. Randall in Nukuhiva, Hivaoa and Rangiroa Atoll, April – May 197188 specimens · 5 stops · 49 days · 1,045 km
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 km
G.S. Haywood
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
G.S. Haywood in Uapou, Hivaoa and Nukuhiva, April – May 197189 specimens · 6 stops · 21 days
van Royen
South Island and Australia · Feb – Mar 1975
van Royen in South Island and Australia, February – March 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Heinar Streimann
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · 21–27 Oct 1971
Heinar Streimann across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, 21–27 October 197149 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 379 km
Luther E. Bishop
Oʻahu · 14–18 Jun 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Oʻahu, 14–18 June 197177 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, April – May 197540 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 391 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1977
Steven L. Montgomery across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 197745 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days · 4,361 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands, February – March 197565 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
K.E. Carpenter
3 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1978
K.E. Carpenter in Luzon, Philippines and Negros Island, July – August 197888 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,577 km
E.S. Helfman
5 islands · 16–22 Apr 1970
E.S. Helfman across 5 islands, 16–22 April 1970108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days · 10 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · 14–31 Mar 1975
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, 14–31 March 197544 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 136 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.